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CROSSWORD PUZZLE Before she became a bestselling novelist, 1 ACROSS was the winner of ESSENCE’s first college essay contest. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF BLACK HISTORY, POP CULTURE AND ESSENCE TRIVIA Puzzle by Jan Buckner Walker of Kids Across/ Parents Down. The Kids Across Parents Down family activity book series is available on amazon.com. ACROSS DOWN 1. Ms. McMillan, saucy author of some of our favorite books including I Almost Forgot About You, which was excerpted in ESSENCE’s May 2016 issue 4. What people notice immediately if you arrive with Kate Spade by your side 8. Late-night funk: Musical front man beloved by Philly folks and Fallon’s fans 9. Danny, who made his first Lethal Weapon in 1987 (or not-so-childish funnyman Donald, whose awardwinning sitcom, Atlanta, has an all-Black writers’ room) 11. Who knows why? It’s the male chromosome makeup 12. Hold it right there! It’s an aluminum spray container (or is the ability to accomplish something) 13. Campus coed’s home away from home 15. Follower of Faith, Tony and Florida 20. Food for the fireplace or a record of day-to-day activities 21. Not a speaking part: In the History channel’s Roots remake, _____ Phifer plays Jerusalem, a mute slave “who is not quite what he appears to be” 22. Pastor’s place 24. Catana Starks, Ph.D., became the first Black female head coach of a top men’s ____ team, inspiring the 2010 film From the Rough 27. Soulful night crew that was instrumental in the success of band man Jon Batiste: Stay _____ 28. Harpo’s daddy, played by 9 Across, in The Color Purple 29. Nouveau name many schools use with or instead of “library”: _____ center (or the collective press) 30. Elbow’s gray, lotion-thirsty condition 31. How to turn a pencil skirt into a mini (or word often used with “haw” to indicate someone is not quite sure what to say) 32. What an actor holds close, like Tony or Oscar 1. Host a party (or heave a ball) 2. Better known as a meteorologist, he’s also the author of The Morning Show Murders 3. To celebrate sisterhood on the yard (or the first move in anyone’s journey) 4. Sunday wear: Highfalutin term for your grandmother’s ornate pin 5. Mustard that is never yellow 6. To engage in a sometimes spirited verbal tug-of-war in pursuit of the best price 7. Popular online outlet where artsy-craftsy entrepreneurs can make money selling their handmade wares 10. Actor’s last act, after the last act (and, when chatting with a Chihuahua, sometimes precedes “wow”) 14. Popular Weekend Today coanchor Sheinelle Jones told ESSENCE.com she started as an unpaid newsroom intern and worked at this “choice” location to earn money 16. Nothing to do with Noah: Christians in Ethiopia have long claimed to have this revered relic: the ___ of the Covenant 17. In slang terms, to deliver rap in freestyle fashion (or a pig-roasting rotisserie) 18. For Taye Diggs fans who stream reruns of the ABC drama, _____ Practice still makes perfect sense 19. Celebrity’s personal space saver (or 1992 thriller starring Whitney Houston: The _____) 21. That captivating and inimitable Black girl quality celebrated on ESSENCE’s fabulous February 2016 covers 23. Yeah! Stargazers can now find this R&B hottie’s name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 25. Timeless storybook genre that promotes frog-kissing in a quest for a prince: _____ tale 26. 2005 movie featuring Will Smith as a date doctor (or a complication in an otherwise workable plan) 29. Degree sought by Stanford students in “Prof” Tyra Banks’s class (abbr.) JC OLIVERA/GETTY IMAGES 118 ESSENCE.COM FEBRUARY 2018 Visit ESSENCE.COM for solutions
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